Xiao Fan carried the two little ones, one in each arm, and placed them on the bed. They slept soundly. Under Zi Yan's influence, little Qing Lin had also learned to suck on her fingers while sleeping.
It was one of the few relatively good bad habits...
Having returned to her true form, Queen Medusa was clearly still sulking. Even when Xiao Fan moved his face within inches of her stunningly beautiful one, she refused to acknowledge him.
Xiao Fan could do nothing about it. Stronger methods would be useless against Queen Medusa; he was definitely no match for her.
Whether Queen Medusa was willing to listen or not, Xiao Fan still spoke to her. "Cai'er, stay this time..."
Queen Medusa still did not spare Xiao Fan a proper glance. Her eyes remained tightly shut as though she had not heard him, and she continued refining the medicinal pill on her own.
Seeing that Queen Medusa was ignoring him, Xiao Fan sighed helplessly and quietly left the room.
Only after sensing Xiao Fan's aura vanish did Queen Medusa speak.
"Heartless man..."
"Why didn't you try to make me stay before..."
When she turned around again, tears were already shimmering in Queen Medusa's eyes, yet she stubbornly refused to let Xiao Fan notice anything was wrong.
Queen Medusa had waited a long time for those words. Two proud people, two people who were poor at expressing themselves— a good ending was never one side compromising, but the two of them understanding each other...
She was proud, but she was also easily moved. With just a simple plea for her to stay, she could accompany Xiao Fan for the rest of her life.
As she casually wiped away her tears, Queen Medusa's gaze flicked toward Xiao Fan standing at the doorway.
Queen